Like the medal, I would like to say that sport has two sides.

On the one hand dr.

Jekyll, on the other Mr Hyde.

Bared teeth on one side, a winning smile on the other.

Zverev is one of those who embodies this, or Klopp.

But nobody brings these two sides together as closely as Christian Streich, the leader of the Freiburger Kicker collective.

The well-respected football coach and social teacher becomes a fury in competition, in his otherwise invisible cage, which is marked with white paint, at every SC Freiburg game.

You don't want to be the fourth referee whose job is the same as that of the break supervisor in the schoolyard in the problem area: the watchdogs are supposed to build peace bridges, de-escalate, remind rioters of the basics of respectful interaction with one another, and prevent insults, physical violence and worse.

The blue helmets in our football stadiums, only seconded by the DFB and not by the UN.

The way the sports world should be

Not a nice job anyway, not in the playground and not in the football stadium.

And then it's game over.

Or it is yet to come.

Lo and behold, Zverev, Klopp are now friendliness personified.

And first prank.

A father figure for his players, empathy in perfection, no more Cerberus, but a dove of peace.

Even a Black Forest philosopher, as the "New York Times"

called.

Two sides of one coin.

Two sides of the sport.

You can also see and study them elsewhere.

You can, which I highly recommend, give your nephew or other interested party your season ticket at the professional football club from time to time.

And take a look at the independent sports scene.

It's easy to find in our city.

In one park, commendable agencies have set up a couple of free basketball courts, a volleyball court, a couple of tennis courts, and more.

Anyone who wants can play here.

Basketball for example, three against three.

Tough guys meet here.

Self organized.

Demanding, passionate sport.

But no clubs, no leagues, no VIPs, no promotion, no relegation, no fight for money and sponsors.

No referees, no blue helmets.

Instead, self-control.

Of course sometimes there is trouble, but they manage it here.

Togetherness works.

The respect for each other.

More dr

Jekyll, less Mr Hyde.

When I watch, I sometimes think that here in the park is the sports world, is the world as it should be.

And over there with the blue helmets, that's the world as it is.

Only with great effort to keep in balance.